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Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

2525 reviews
Sales Rank: 2

Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 544
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.5

ISBN: 0316015849
EAN: 9780316015844
ASIN: 0316015849

Publication Date: September 6, 2006
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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com Review
The book that started the phenomenon is now available in a deluxe collector's edition! Featuring a ribbon bookmark, cloth cover, ragged edges, new chapter opener designs, and a beautiful protective slipcase, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.

Bella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Bella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Bella, the person Edward holds most dear.

Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite.

Product Description
"Softly he brushed my cheek, then held my face between his marble hands. ''Be very still,'' he whispered, as if I wasn''t already frozen. Slowly, never moving his eyes from mine, he leaned toward me. Then abruptly, but very gently, he rested his cold cheek against the hollow at the base of my throat. " As Shakespeare knew, love burns high when thwarted by obstacles. In Twilight, an exquisite fantasy by Stephenie Meyer, readers discover a pair of lovers who are supremely star-crossed. Bella adores beautiful Edward, and he returns her love. But Edward is having a hard time controlling the blood lust she arouses in him, because--he''s a vampire. At any moment, the intensity of their passion could drive him to kill her, and he agonizes over the danger. But, Bella would rather be dead than part from Edward, so she risks her life to stay near him, and the novel burns with the erotic tension of their dangerous and necessarily chaste relationship.Meyer has achieved quite a feat by making this scenario completely human and believable. She begins with a familiar YA premise (the new kid in school), and lulls us into thinking this will be just another realistic young adult novel. Bella has come to the small town of Forks on the gloomy Olympic Peninsula to be with her father. At school, she wonders about a group of five remarkably beautiful teens, who sit together in the cafeteria but never eat. As she grows to know, and then love, Edward, she learns their secret. They are all rescued vampires, part of a family headed by saintly Carlisle, who has inspired them to renounce human prey. For Edward''s sake they welcome Bella, but when a roving group of tracker vampires fixates on her, the family is drawn into a desperate pursuit to protect the fragile human in their midst. The precision and delicacy of Meyer''s writing lifts this wonderful novel beyond the limitations of the horror genre to a place among the best of YA fiction. (Ages 12 and up)

Customer Reviews: Read 2520 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful love story! October 13, 2008
I am a 37 year old married woman and I have to say, this was the best saga I've ever read (and I read, on average, a novel every two days). I was, as was mentioned by another reviewer, a little apprehensive about reading a "young adult" book, as I mostly stick to adult; however, I could not put this down. I'm not even sure I can explain what makes this saga stand out in my mind so much more than any of the other hundreds of books I've read in my adult life. The author just kind of sweeps you up and makes you feel a part of the story.

One of the main reasons women of all ages will like this book is because you don't necessarily become "besotted" with Edward Cullen, but merely the idea of someone who embodies the attributes he possesses. He is definitely a hero after a woman's own heart. I also think, as a young woman or mature woman for that matter, many of us can identify with Bella's view of herself (pleasant but ordinary yet drawn to a man she considers to be the epitome of perfection (whether anyone else sees him that way or not). I think that just captures a bit of what we have all felt at some point in our lives. The fantastical part about this and the part that makes the female reader want to "swoon" is the fact that out of all the females Edward could be interested in - he chooses Bella. Not only does he choose her, but he adores her and lives for her to the point where he overcomes his own nature to just be with her. I think this is what makes our hearts sing as we read this book.

5 out of 5 stars

~*Worth Reading*~ October 13, 2008
Twilight is one of my favorite books. It's a love, drama, & action story, that is very well written. It is about a girl named Bella who moves to a new town, meets a guy that she deems worth going after. His name is Edward & he has to struggle with being a vampire & falling madly in love with her. It is a book that is worth reading over & over again.

1 out of 5 stars

Yawn October 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Unoriginal and hardly worth a comment. Its popularity says more about the quality of contemporary readership than about the quality of the book.

5 out of 5 stars

Twilight Review October 13, 2008
I loved this book. I had previously bought it for a memorial gift to the school library. As soon as I gifted it, I was asked by High School students to read it for a book club. Knowing I would not have time to run 'to town' and grab another copy, I went to amazon.com. I got the book in plenty of time to read it for the book club. It was a great story and age appropriate for Junior High or High School age kids.

5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful October 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

I can't believe it took me so long to get around to reading this book. It's every bit as good as everyone says. Great depth to the characters and a very different and original take on vampires. I now can;t wait to read the rest of the Stephanie Meyers books. Once you start the book prepare to be totally sucked into Meyer's world.
Well worth buying. Lives up to the hype.

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